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24 hours of Dubai: Full BMW power with 11 race
cars at the desert classic.

DTM: Wittmann and BMW team principals honoured
at DMSB gala of champions.

Whether in the DTM, the IMSA WeatherTech
SportsCar Championship, or countless other
championships: Week after week BMW teams and drivers
around the world do battle for points, victories and
titles. Away from the track too, members of the large
BMW Motorsport family around the world are also
creating headlines. The “BMW Motorsport News” allows
us to regularly summarise all the action for you in a
compact and informative manner. This way, you are
always up to speed.

24h Dubai: First test for the BMW M4 GT4 under
race conditions.

Dubai (UEA) hosted the first important 24-hour race of
the 2017 season this weekend. This year, the newest
member of the BMW customer racing range took on the
challenge in the desert: Schubert Motorsport tested the
BMW M4 GT4, which is still in development, in race
conditions for the first time. BMW works drivers Jörg
Müller and Jens Klingmann, and BMW Motorsport Junior
Ricky Collard (GBR) took it in turns behind the wheel.
The endurance test was a resounding success – both in
terms of the performance of the GT4 car as well as its reliability.

24 hours of Dubai: One-two result for Sorg Rennsport.

In addition to the new BMW M4 GT4, ten other BMW race
cars were in the starting line-up at the 24-hour race in
Dubai. In the BMW M235i Racing Cup class, the Sorg
Rennsport team celebrated a one-two result on the
5.390-kilometre track. The victorious number 151 BMW
M235i Racing was driven by Stephan Epp, Christian
Andreas Franz, Heiko Eichenberg (all GER), as well as
Michael Hollerweger (AUT) and Oskar Sandberg (NOR).
Ahmed Al Melaihi (ARE), Jesus Diez, José Manuel de los
Milagros (both ESP), George Richardson (GBR) and Shawn
Peh (SGP) took it in turns behind the wheel of the
second-placed car. Third place went to Hermann Bock,
Rainer Partl and Max Partl (all GER) in the Bonk
Motorsport BMW M235i Racing.

DTM: Marco Wittmann honoured at the DMSB gala of champions.

At the atmospheric Kurhaus Wiesbaden on Friday, BMW
works driver Marco Wittmann (GER) was awarded an honour
for winning the 2016 DTM title. At the DMSB gala of
champions, in the presence of BMW Motorsport Director
Jens Marquardt, he received the German Motorsport
Association (DMSB) glass trophy for the best DTM driver
for the second time; having first been awarded the
trophy after his 2014 championship victory.
"Winning my second trophy in my fourth year of DTM
is incredible. There aren't many DTM drivers with two
titles," said Wittmann, and took a look ahead to
the 2017 season: "When you are champion, naturally
you want to defend your title. I wouldn't say 'No' to a
third title." Stefan Reinold (GER) of BMW Team RMG
and Bart Mampaey (BEL) of BMW Team RBM also received
honours in Wiesbaden, for finishing second and third in
the DTM team standings. "We're kind of regulars
here now," said Reinold, who received a glass
trophy for the third time in a row. Mampaey also dared
to look ahead to the new season: "With three
drivers and three cars there are several changes. We
will prepare well; it's going to be an exciting year."

IWSC: Winter pleasure meets driving pleasure.

Martin Tomczyk (GER), who is currently preparing for
the start of the IMSA WeatherTechSportsCar Championship
(IWSC) season at the 24-hour race in Daytona, was a
guest at the BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon in Ruhpolding
(GER) this week. He met BMW brand ambassador Magdalena
Neuner (GER), who with 12 world championship titles and
two Olympic Games gold medals is regarded as one of the
best biathletes of all time. First, Tomczyk showed the
winter sports star how to master the BMW xDrive obstacle
course at the wheel of a BMW X4 M40i. After several
spectacular drifts in the snow, they moved on to the
shooting range. In the biathlon simulator, Neuner let
the BMW works driver in on a few tricks for maintaining
perfect concentration when shooting. The IWSC opener is
in Tomczyk's schedule on 28th/29th January.